Baltimore Thug Rioter Who Set City on Fire Learns His Fate… Is This Enough?

During the riots in Baltimore that broke out last year over the death of Freddie Gray, one particularly malicious protester, Darius Raymond Stewart, 22, burned down a liquor store.

Fast forward to this Wednesday, when U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Stewart to five years in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised probation.

“Surveillance cameras recorded Darius Stewart setting fire to a store with people inside, while other rioters viciously attacked the store owner,” U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said about the sentence, according to a news brief by the Justice Department.

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He added, “When the evidence proves that criminals destroyed property and jeopardized lives, they must be held accountable.”

But is five years behind bars really enough, especially given how much damage Stewart caused — and the fact that he almost killed someone?

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When the Baltimore City Fire Department extinguished the fire at the liquor store, they found an unconscious individual in the basement who had to be hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. If the firefighters had not arrived quickly enough, that individual may have just as easily died.

To see news coverage from that eventful day, please watch the video below:

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Justice was undoubtedly served in this case, just like it was in the Freddie Gray trials, where three officers were acquitted, one won a mistrial, and all remaining charges were eventually dropped. But on days like this, it does feel as if justice could be served just a wee bit hotter.

Just consider that according to The Baltimore Sun, many of the Korean-owned businesses in Baltimore hit by looters and arsonists last year, including presumably this liquor store, suffered as much as $500,000 in damages.